Robert A. Heinlein book Waldo
Waldo (p. 186)
Short fiction, The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein (1999)
“In a magic show, mystification is a good thing, but it is hardly to be commended in an economic program.”
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 4 : From Principles to Problems
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